Art Institute of Chicago

The White Falcon

Isoda Koryūsai

Date

1780

Medium

Color woodblock print; ishizuri-e

Culture

Japan

Department

Arts of Asia

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Isoda Koryūsai was catering to the tastes of warriors, who used falcons for hunting, when he designed this image of a proud white falcon set against a solid black background. The print’s large size is reminiscent of the more formal hanging-scroll paintings typically collected by the samurai class. It is one of the few hand-colored prints the artist made using a complex technique that mimics stone rubbing.

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